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Lexicon :: Strong's H5128 - nûaʿ

Aa
נוּעַ
Transliteration
nûaʿ
Pronunciation
noo'-ah
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1328

Strong’s Definitions

נוּעַ nûwaʻ, noo'-ah; a primitive root; to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined):—continually, fugitive, × make, to (go) up and down, be gone away, (be) move(-able, -d), be promoted, reel, remove, scatter, set, shake, sift, stagger, to and fro, be vagabond, wag, (make) wander (up and down).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x

The KJV translates Strong's H5128 in the following manner: shake (6x), wander (6x), move (6x), promoted (3x), fugitive (2x), sift (2x), stagger (2x), wag (2x), miscellaneous (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x
The KJV translates Strong's H5128 in the following manner: shake (6x), wander (6x), move (6x), promoted (3x), fugitive (2x), sift (2x), stagger (2x), wag (2x), miscellaneous (13x).
  1. to quiver, totter, shake, reel, stagger, wander, move, sift, make move, wave, waver, tremble

    1. (Qal)

      1. to wave, quiver, vibrate, swing, stagger, tremble, be unstable

      2. to totter, go tottering

        1. vagabond (participle)

    2. (Niphal) to be tossed about or around

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to toss about

      2. to shake, cause to totter

      3. to shake, disturb

      4. to cause to wander

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נוּעַ nûwaʻ, noo'-ah; a primitive root; to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined):—continually, fugitive, × make, to (go) up and down, be gone away, (be) move(-able, -d), be promoted, reel, remove, scatter, set, shake, sift, stagger, to and fro, be vagabond, wag, (make) wander (up and down).
STRONGS H5128: Abbreviations
נוּעַ verb quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter (Late Hebrew Pilp. נִעְנַע shake, Aramaic נוּעַ waver, stagger (rare); Arabic bdb063101, bdb063102 bend (of boughs), see commotus fuit (of id.), so Kam Frey; also change, bdb063103 kind, species, variety; Di compare Ethiopic bdb063104 hunt); —
Qal Perfect נָ֫עוּ Job 28:4 +; וְנָע֫וּ Amos 4:8 + 2 times; Imperfect וַיָּ֫נַע Isaiah 7:2; 3rd person feminine singular תָּנוּעַ Isaiah 24:20; אֲנוּעֲךָ 2 Samuel 15:20 Kt (but read Qr Hiph. q. v.); יָנ֫וּעוּ Psalm 109:10; יְנוּע֑וּן Psalm 59:16 Kt (so read; not Qr Hiph.), etc.; Infinitive absolute Isaiah 24:20; Psalm 109:10; construct נוּעַ Judges 9:9 + 3 times; נוֺעַ Isaiah 7:2; Participle נָע Genesis 4:12, 14; נָעִים Proverbs 22:19; נָעוֺת 1 Samuel 1:13: —
1. wave, of trees, followed by עַל Judges 9:9, 11, 13 followed by מִפְּנֵי of cause Isaiah 7:2; quiver, vibrate, of lips 1 Samuel 1:13; swing (to and fro) of miners Job 28:4 (|| דלל); stagger like drunkard, of mariners in storm Psalm 107:27 (|| חגג), compare Isaiah 29:9 (|| שׁכר); hence be unstable, figurative of ways of harlot Proverbs 5:6; tremble, of doorposts, Isaiah 6:4 (followed by מִן causative), idols Isaiah 19:1 (followed by מִפְּנֵי), earth Isaiah 24:20 (|| התנודד), people Exodus 20:18 (E); figurative of heart Isaiah 7:2.
2. totter, go tottering (faint and uncertain) Lamentations 4:14 Lamentations 4:15 (|| נוּץ), Amos 8:12 (|| שׁוטט); as beggars Psalm 109:10 (|| שִׁאֵל), compare Psalm 59:16; Amos 4:8 followed by אֶלֿ; participle vagabond Genesis 4:12, 14 (both || נָד); figurative = err, sin, Jeremiah 14:10.
Niph. Imperfect יִנּוֺעַ Amos 9:9 be tossed about (of corn) in a sieve; יִנּוֺעוּ id., of bulwarks as fig-trees Nahum 3:12 (|| נפל).
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular הֵנִ֫יעָה 2 Kings 19:21 = Isaiah 37:22; וַהֲנִָֽעוֺתִ֫י Amos 9:9; Imperfect יָנִיעַ Zephaniah 2:15; jussive יָ֫נַע 2 Kings 23:18; אֲנִיעֲךָ 2 Samuel 15:20 Qr (compare Qal); יְנִיעוּן Psalm 109:25 + Psalm 59:16 Qr (read Kt
Qal q. v.), etc.; Imperative suffix הֲנִיעֵ֫מוֺ Psalm 59:12; —
1. toss about Amos 9:9 subject י׳, object Israel followed by בַּגּוֺיִם (compare Niph.).
2. shake, cause to totter: = set me tottering Daniel 10:10 on my knees and hands; especially shake or wag the head, in mockery 2 Kings 19:21 = Isaiah 37:22 (|| בוז, לעג) compare Psalm 22:8; Psalm 109:25; followed by עַלֿ Job 16:4 (בְּמוֺ ר׳ [Ges§ 119q]), also Lamentations 2:15 (|| שׁרק), Zephaniah 2:15 יָדוֺ (|| id.), [see also Ecclus 12:18; Ecclus 13:7 (בְּר׳)].
3. (shake), disturb, bones of dead 2 Kings 23:18.
4. cause to wander Numbers 32:13 (J); 2 Samuel 15:20 (followed by ללכת); Psalm 59:12 (|| הוריד, for which LagProph. Chald. xlviii. proposes הניד).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:12; 4:12; 4:14; 4:14

Exodus

20:18

Numbers

32:13

Judges

9:9; 9:9; 9:11; 9:13

1 Samuel

1:13; 1:13

2 Samuel

15:20; 15:20; 15:20

2 Kings

19:21; 19:21; 23:18; 23:18

Job

16:4; 28:4; 28:4

Psalms

22:8; 59:12; 59:12; 59:16; 59:16; 59:16; 107:27; 109:10; 109:10; 109:10; 109:25; 109:25

Proverbs

5:6; 22:19

Isaiah

6:4; 7:2; 7:2; 7:2; 7:2; 19:1; 24:20; 24:20; 24:20; 29:9; 37:22; 37:22

Jeremiah

14:10

Lamentations

2:15; 4:14; 4:15

Daniel

10:10

Amos

4:8; 4:8; 8:12; 9:9; 9:9; 9:9

Nahum

3:12

Zephaniah

2:15; 2:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5128 matches the Hebrew נוּעַ (nûaʿ),
which occurs 42 times in 36 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:12 - “When H3588 you cultivate H5647 the ground H127, it will no H3808 longer H3254 yield H5414 its strength H3581 to you; you will be a wanderer H5128 and a drifter H5110 on the earth H776.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:14 - “Behold H2005, You have driven H1644 me this day H3117 from the face H6440 of the ground H127; and I will be hidden H5641 from Your face H6440, and I will be a wanderer H5128 and a drifter H5110 on the earth H776, and whoever H3605 finds H4672 me will kill H2026 me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:18 -

And all H3605 the people H5971 were watching H7200 and hearing the [fn]thunder H6963 and the lightning H3940 flashes H3940, and the sound H6963 of the trumpet H7782, and the mountain H2022 smoking H6226; and when the people H5971 saw H7200 it all, they trembled H5128 and stood H5975 at a distance H7350.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:13 - “So the LORD’S H3068 anger H639 burned H2734 against Israel H3478, and He made them wander H5128 in the wilderness H4057 for forty H705 years H8141, until H5704 the entire H3605 generation H1755 of those who had done H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 came H8552 to H8552 an H8552 end H8552.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:9 - “But the olive H2132 tree H2132 said H559 to them, ‘Shall I give H2308 up H2308 my fatness H1880 with [fn]which H834 God H430 and mankind H376 are honored H3513, and go H1980 to wave H5128 over H5921 the trees H6086?’
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:11 - “But the fig H8384 tree H8384 said H559 to them, ‘Shall I give H2308 up H2308 my sweetness H4987 and my good H2896 [fn]fruit H8570, and go H1980 to wave H5128 over H5921 the trees H6086?’
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:13 - “But the vine H1612 said H559 to them, ‘Shall I give H2308 up H2308 my new H8492 wine H8492, which cheers H8055 God H430 and mankind H376, and go H1980 to wave H5128 over H5921 the trees H6086?’
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:13 - As for Hannah H2584, she was speaking H1696 in her heart H3820, only H7534 her lips H8193 were quivering H5128, but her voice H6963 was not heard H8085. So Eli H5941 thought H2803 that she was drunk H7910.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:20 - “You came H935 only yesterday H8543, so should I make you wander H5128 with us today H3117, while I go H1980 wherever H5921 H834 I go H1980? Return H7725 and take H7725 your brothers H251 back H7725; mercy H2617 and [fn]truth H571 be with you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:21 - “This H2088 is the word H1697 that the LORD H3068 has spoken H1696 against H5921 him:

‘She, the virgin H1330 daughter H1323 of Zion H6726, has shown H959 contempt H959 for you and mocked H3932 you;

She, the daughter H1323 of Jerusalem H3389, has shaken H5128 her head H7218 behind H310 you!

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:18 - And he said H559, “Leave H5117 him alone H5117; no H408 one H376 is to disturb H5128 his bones H6106.” So they left H4422 his bones H6106 undisturbed H4422 with the bones H6106 of the prophet H5030 who H834 came H935 from Samaria H8111.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:4 -

“I too H1571 could speak H1696 like you,

If H3863 only H3863 [fn]I were in H8478 your place H8478.

I could compose H2266 words H4405 against H5921 you

And shake H5128 my head H7218 at you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:4 -

“He [fn]sinks H6555 a shaft H5158 away H4480 from [fn]inhabited H1481 areas H1481,

Forgotten H7911 by the foot H7272;

They hang H1809 and swing H5128, away H4480 from people H582.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:7 -

All H3605 who see H7200 me deride H3932 me;

They [fn]sneer H6362 H8193, they shake H5128 their heads H7218, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:11 -

Do not kill H2026 them, or H6435 my people H5971 will forget H7911;

[fn]Scatter H5128 them by Your power H2428 and bring H3381 them down H3381,

Lord H136, our shield H4043.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:15 -

They wander H5128 about H5128 [fn]for food H398

And [fn]murmur H3885 if H518 they are H7646 not satisfied H7646.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:27 -

They reeled H2287 and staggered H5128 like a drunken H7910 person H7910,

And [fn]were H1104 at H1104 their wits’ H2451 end H1104.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:10 -

May his children H1121 wander H5128 about H5128 and beg H7592;

And may they seek H1875 sustenance [fn]far from their ruined H2723 homes H2723.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:25 -

I also have become H1961 a disgrace H2781 to them;

When they see H7200 me, they shake H5128 their head H7218.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:6 -

[fn]She does not ponder H6424 the path H734 of life H2416;

Her ways H4570 are H5128 unstable H5128, she does not know H3045 it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:4 -

And the [fn]foundations H520 of the thresholds H5592 trembled H5128 at the voice H6963 of him who called H7121 out H7121, while the [fn]temple H1004 was filling H4390 with smoke H6227.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:2 - When it was reported H5046 to the house H1004 of David H1732, saying H559, “The Arameans H758 have taken H5117 a H5117 stand H5117 by Ephraim H669,” his heart H3824 and the hearts H3824 of his people H5971 shook H5128 as the trees H6086 of the forest H3293 shake H5128 from the wind H7307.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 -

The pronouncement H4853 concerning Egypt H4714:

Behold H2009, the LORD H3068 is riding H7392 on a swift H7031 cloud H5645 and is about to come H935 to Egypt H4714;

The idols H457 of Egypt H4714 will tremble H5128 at His presence H6440,

And the heart H3824 of the Egyptians H4714 will melt H4549 within H7130 them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:20 -

The earth H776 trembles H5128 like a heavy H7910 drinker H7910

And sways H5110 like a hut H4412,

For its wrongdoing H6588 is H3513 heavy H3513 upon it,

And it will fall H5307, never H3808 to rise H6965 again H3254.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:9 -

Be delayed H4102 and horrified H8539,

Blind H8173 yourselves and be blind H8173;

They become H7937 drunk H7937, but not with wine H3196,

They stagger H5128, but not with intoxicating H7941 drink H7941.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:22 - this H2088 is the word H1697 that the LORD H3068 has spoken H1696 against H5921 him:

“She has shown H959 contempt H959 for you and derided H3932 you,

The virgin H1330 daughter H1323 of Zion H6726;

The daughter H1323 of Jerusalem H3389 has shaken H5128 her head H7218 behind H310 you!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:10 -

This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559 to this H2088 people H5971: “So H3651 much H3651 they have loved H157 to wander H5128; they have not restrained H2820 their feet H7272. Therefore the LORD H3068 does not accept H7521 them; now H6258 He will remember H2142 their wrongdoing H5771 and call H6485 their sins H2403 to H6485 account H6485.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:15 -

All H3605 who pass H5674 along H5674 the way H1870

Clap H5606 their hands H3709 in ridicule at you;

They [fn]hiss H8319 and shake H5128 their heads H7218

At the daughter H1323 of Jerusalem H3389:

“Is this H2088 the city H5892 of which H7945 they said H559,

‘Perfect H3632 in beauty H3308,

A joy H4885 to all H3605 the earth H776’?”

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:14 -

They wandered H5128, blind H5787, in the streets H2351;

They were defiled H1351 with blood H1818,

Such that no H3808 one could H3201 touch H5060 their garments H3830.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:15 -

“Keep H5493 away H5493! Unclean H2931!” [fn]they cried H7121 out H7121 of themselves.

“Keep H5493 away H5493, keep H5493 away H5493, do not touch H5060!”

For they distanced H5327 themselves H5327 as H1571 well H1571 as wandered H5128;

People among the nations H1471 said H559,

“They shall not continue H3254 to reside H1481 with us.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:10 -

Then behold H2009, a hand H3027 touched H5060 me and shook H5128 me on my [fn]hands H3709 H3027 and knees H1290.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:8 -

“So the people of two H8147 or three H7969 cities H5892 would stagger H5128 to another H259 city H5892 to drink H8354 water H4325,

But would not be H7646 satisfied H7646;

Yet you have not returned H7725 to Me,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:12 -

“People will stagger H5128 from sea H3220 to sea H3220

And from the north H6828 even to the east H4217;

They will roam H7751 about H7751 to seek H1245 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068,

But they will not find H4672 it.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:9 -

“For behold H2009, I am commanding H6680,

And I will shake H5128 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 among all H3605 nations H1471

As grain is shaken H5128 in a sieve H3531,

But not a pebble H6872 will fall H5307 to the ground H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:12 -

All H3605 your fortifications H4013 are fig H8384 trees H8384 with [fn]ripe H1061 fruit H1061

When H518 shaken H5128, they fall H5307 into the eater’s H398 mouth H6310.

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15 -

This H2088 is the presumptuous H5947 city H5892

That dwells H3427 securely H983,

Who says H559 in her heart H3824,

“I am, and there H657 is no H657 one H657 besides H5750 me.”

How H349 she has become H1961 a desolation H8047,

A resting H4769 place H4769 for animals H2416!

Everyone H3605 who passes H5674 by her will [fn]hiss H8319

And wave H5128 his hand H3027 in contempt.

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